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by **Edward** » Fri 14 May, 2004 7:34 pm

Has anyone purchased/downloaded/installed SuSE Linux 9.1?

I have read mixed reviews online, and as it comes with only one CD as opposed to the three CD's that 8.2 and 9.0 came with, I'm interested in learning what 9.1 does not include this time around.

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by **Mandrake** » Sat 15 May, 2004 6:38 am

One cd? My version of SuSE Linux 9 came on five cds!

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by **Edward** » Sat 15 May, 2004 7:21 am

One CD, according to this review.

According to this press release from SuSE, 9.1 Professional comes with five CD's, and 9.1 Personal comes with two CD's, one is the installation CD, the other is one where it can be run right from the CD to try it out first without installing to the hard drive.

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by **DJGM** » Sat 15 May, 2004 7:57 am

From a review I read in Linux Format magazine, the Personal Edition of SUSE Linux 9.1 actually
does away with GNOME 2.4.x, and has KDE 3.2.x as the only choice of desktop environment.

So much for the rumours that Novell might make GNOME the default desktop GUI in SUSE 9.1,
and leave the "traditional" SUSE Linux default desktop choice of KDE, on the GUI backburner!

What I intend to do (sometime within the next few weeks) is purchase the full boxed version
of SUSE 9.1 Personal Edition, install it, then obtain the Professional Edition on DVD from
a private seller on eBay. That'll probably cost up to a sum of just short of UKÂ£30 . . .

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by **Edward** » Sat 15 May, 2004 1:28 pm

I could not locate the review at that web site.

But in any event, I am surprised to hear this about Gnome, since it was closely allied with Ximian (which Novell also acquired). I would have expected SuSE to tilt more towards Gnome as a result of this, but I guess not...

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by **DJGM** » Sat 15 May, 2004 2:06 pm

Edward wrote:I could not locate the review at that web site.

The review isn't on the website. It's published in the latest edition of the magazine only . . .

Edward wrote:But in any event, I am surprised to hear this about Gnome . . .

I'm glad they went with KDE as the default GUI, as I prefer that to GNOME, but eitherway I'm
surprised (and slightly disappointed) that GNOME has been omitted from the Personal Edition.

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by **Edward** » Sat 15 May, 2004 2:25 pm

Um...I think the reviewer forgot to check this page. According to this, 9.1 Personal includes Gnome 2.4.

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by **DJGM** » Sat 15 May, 2004 2:36 pm

Hmmm, so it is . . . !

Ah, I'll bet new users not already running SUSE Linux will have to go to the custom package
selection to install GNOME, and that it won't be included within the default install settings.

Eitherway, it'll be quite a squeeze to get both KDE and GNOME onto one Linux install CD.
I bet that quite a few other packages have been omitted altogether. Mind you, it is worth
bearing in mind that SUSE 9.1 Personal, is about Â£10 cheaper than SUSE 9.0 Personal.

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by **Edward** » Sat 15 May, 2004 4:20 pm

With both 8.2 and 9.0, Gnome did not install by default, it had to be installed separately afterwards.

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by **Edward** » Tue 18 May, 2004 7:58 pm

I've seen the LiveCD of SuSE 9.1 run on Pentium and 686-class PC's, and apart from the 2.6 kernel, redesign of the UI (shortened and centered taskbar, default colors and fonts) and updated software components, it looks the same as 9.0.

Is it really worth the upgrade?

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